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Population policies, demographic structural changes, and the Chinese household saving puzzle
Ge, Suqin; Yang, Dennis Tao; Zhang, Junsen - 2012
Using combined data from population censuses and Urban Household Surveys, we study the effects of demographic structural changes on the rise in household saving in China. Variations in fines across provinces on unauthorized births under the one-child policy and in cohort-specific fertility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291447
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Aggregate-Level Migration Studies as a Tool for Forecasting Future Migration Streams
Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2000
Assessing the migration potential and predicting future migration streams are among the most relevant, yet least well understood topics of migration research. The usual approach taken to address aggregate-level prediction problems is to fit ad hoc specifications to historical data, and to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262391
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International job search: Mexicans in and out of the US
Rendón, Sílvio; Cuecuecha, Alfredo - 2007
international wage differentials and preferences for origin. We use a model of job search, savings and migration to show that job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268921
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Do wealthier households save more? The impact of the demographic factor
Belke, Ansgar; Dreger, Christian; Ochmann, Richard - 2012
the savings rate is not homogeneous. On average, the effect attributed to real estate dominates the other components of … wealth. In addition, the savings rate strongly responds to demographic trends. Besides the direct impact of the age structure …, an indirect effect arises through the accumulation of wealth. The savings rate does not decrease with age in a monotonic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282619
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The Changing Profile of Mexican Migrants to the United States: New Evidence from California and Mexico
Cornelius, Wayne A.; Marcelli, Enrico A. - 2000
Using recent data from southern California and Mexico we challenge the notion that the demographic profile of post-1970 Mexican migrants to the United States has remained constant. We find that more recent cohorts of migrants: (1) are more likely to settle permanently in the United States, (2)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262427
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Volunteering and the state
Hackl, Franz; Halla, Martin; Pruckner, Gerald J. - 2009
This paper explores the capability of the state to affect the individual's decision to work for free. For this purpose we combine individual-level data from the European and World Values Survey with macroeconomic and political variables for OECD member countries. Empirically we identify three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269121
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Arbeitsmarkteffekte und finanzpolitische Folgen der demographischen Alterung in Deutschland
Bonin, Holger; Arnds, Pascal - 2003
Germany faces a demographic aging process which affects the working-age population first. This paper surveys some … public deficits in combination with falling private savings. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262234
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Will it Last? An Assessment of the 2001 German Pension Reform
Bonin, Holger - 2001
In May 2001, Germany adopted a fundamental pension reform cutting back public pensions and introducing personal pension …, necessary beyond 2025. As the enacted savings rate target is conservative, individual pensions keep retirement income sufficient … even if returns to pension funds are low due to legal restrictions on savings vehicles. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262550
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Why are saving rates so high in China?
Yang, Dennis Tao; Zhang, Junsen; Zhou, Shaojie - 2011
In this paper, we define The Chinese Saving Puzzle as the persistently high national saving rate at 34-53 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in the past three decades and a surge in the saving rate by 11 percentage points from 2000-2008. Using data from the Flow of Funds Accounts (FFA) and...
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An age perspective on economic well-being and social protection in nine OECD countries
Dang, Thai-Thanh; Immervoll, Herwig; Mantovani, Daniela; … - 2006
This paper quantifies the economic well-being of different age groups and the extent of their reliance on incomes from public and private sources. The aim is to establish how social benefits, and the taxes needed to finance them, affect income levels and disparities across different age groups....
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